EarthMomma on Nostr: Mars has about 40% gravity and we know that humans in microgravity have all sorts of ...
Mars has about 40% gravity and we know that humans in microgravity have all sorts of major problems, and what happens at 40% we just don’t know.
The soil is laden in perchlorate, which is known to cause hormone disruption. We actually don’t have a lot of data on prolonged exposure to high levels of this stuff, because why would we? But presumably it’s not great for developing humans.
You have an extremely thin atmosphere. Essentially that means you cannot go outside without a pressure suit. The atmosphere is nevertheless powerful enough to whip up worldwide dust storms and also large, localized ones. There is also this stuff called regolith, which has jagged stone and glass, all that is hurling around, which is bad for equipment & humans. If you’re intending to use solar power, you better have a really good backup system, and you’re going to have to spend a huge amount of time maintaining it.
High levels of radiation, it doesn’t have a very powerful magnetosphere like the Earth
The soil is laden in perchlorate, which is known to cause hormone disruption. We actually don’t have a lot of data on prolonged exposure to high levels of this stuff, because why would we? But presumably it’s not great for developing humans.
You have an extremely thin atmosphere. Essentially that means you cannot go outside without a pressure suit. The atmosphere is nevertheless powerful enough to whip up worldwide dust storms and also large, localized ones. There is also this stuff called regolith, which has jagged stone and glass, all that is hurling around, which is bad for equipment & humans. If you’re intending to use solar power, you better have a really good backup system, and you’re going to have to spend a huge amount of time maintaining it.
High levels of radiation, it doesn’t have a very powerful magnetosphere like the Earth